BlockShawhan, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41031. It stands on Townsend Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawhan quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
On record in Shawhan
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 10 records
Jacob Spears Distillerylisted 1983
Jacob Spears Houselisted 1983- Cooper's Run Baptist Churchlisted 1983
- William David Houselisted 1979
- James Eales Houselisted 1983
- James Garrard Houselisted 1983
- Joseph Kennedy Houselisted 1983
- Rudolph Mauck Houselisted 1983
- Elias Rymill Houselisted 1983
- Laban Shipp Houselisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1929 USGS Cynthiana quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cynthiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Shawhan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiserton | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ruddels Mills | 1.8 miles | 6 | |
| Ewalt Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Currentsville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brentsville | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jacksonville | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paris | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Millersburg | 6.6 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Shawhan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691220 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503282. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.